Category Archives: history

Travel Theme: Foliage

Posted on September 29, 2012 by greenmackenzie

Here is my offering for the Travel Theme Challenge: Foliage These were taken last Autumn in the Birks of Aberfeldy, in Perthshire, Scotland. This is such a stunning ancient beech forest, that it has inspired lots of poets, writers and … Continue reading →

Posted in ancient history, ancient sites, green walks, history, mindfulness, nature photo, philosophy, photos, poem, verse, weekly photo challenge | Tagged autumn colours, Birks of Aberfeldy, life, light, mindfulness, nature, outdoors, Perthshire, perthshire scotland, philosophy, photo, poem, poetry, postaday, Robert Burns, scotland, scots pines, scots poem, scottish, spiritual, sunlight, travel, tree, vacation, walk, walking | 7 Comments

Travel Theme: White

Posted on September 24, 2012 by greenmackenzie

This amazing marble relief staircase is inside the Forbidden City, in Beijing. I took this photo back in 2004, and was captured by the shimmering white, swirling clouds and dragons, which seem to move in the shifting sunlight. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in history, mindfulness, photos, travel, weekly photo challenge | Tagged Beijing, China, Chinese, dragons, marble staircase, palace, photo, travel, travel photo, white | 10 Comments

Going postal

Posted on August 29, 2012 by greenmackenzie

I was looking at a post box yesterday, when I suddenly got thinking about what a miracle the post must have been when it first started. I mean before the days of the Royal Mail and the Penny Post, getting … Continue reading →

Posted in history, mindfulness, philosophy, poem, thoughts | Tagged change, freedom, ideas, letters, life, past, penny post, poem, poetry, post, post box, postaday, postal service, royal mail, the past, thoughts, world wide web | Leave a comment

My Granny the Philosopher

Posted on August 26, 2012 by greenmackenzie

My Scottish Granny used to say to me when I was upset…”It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters”. I remember dropping a little jug of milk I was trying to place on a … Continue reading →

Posted in history, mindfulness, philosophy, poem, thoughts | Tagged Edinburgh, Epictetus, lifes problems, philosophy, poem, poetry, postaday, Shikibu, spilt milk, things to do in Edinburgh | 5 Comments

Golden Age of Journalism

Posted on August 16, 2012 by greenmackenzie

I love this doorway…. It spills out of the bottom of the old towering sandstone building, right in the heart of Edinburgh, which used to house the local newspaper – The Scotsman. It is minutes from Wavelry Station, where the … Continue reading →

Posted in Edinburgh, history, photos, poem | Tagged Auld Reekie, Edinburgh, journalism, local papers, photo, poem, poetry, Robert Fergusson, royal mile, scotland, the past, The Scotsman, travel | Leave a comment

Eileen Donnan Castle

Posted on August 14, 2012 by greenmackenzie

Eileen Donnan Castle.

Posted in ancient sites, dogs, history, photos | Tagged Aileen Donan Castle, castle, Highlands, photo, scotland, scottish | Leave a comment

Pictish footsteps

Posted on August 14, 2012 by greenmackenzie

We took a walk along the shores of Loch Duich to this amazing iron age broch. Its called Caisteal Grugaig (or Dun Totaig) Broch, and is well off the beaten track on a lonely peninsula, looking across Loch Duich and … Continue reading →